Kristina Rihanoff has confirmed that Ben Cohen's children knew about her pregnancy before it was announced on Celebrity Big Brother .

The star - who welcomed daughter Mila into the world in July - announced she was expecting her first child with the retired rugby ace during her stint on the Channel 5 reality show, but has now explained that his twins from a previous marriage were told beforehand.

Speaking on ITV's This Morning, she said: "It was the most important thing that they knew first."

Kristina Rihanoff on This Morning (Image: Rex)

Kristina also responded to the backlash she faced after telling her Celebrity Big Brother housemates she was pregnant.

She explained that it was something she thought she had to reveal early on, as it would become difficult to hide it.

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She added: "It would be obvious as I would not be drinking, I couldn't starve doing the tasks or do physical tasks and I knew that people would start to question it."

Kristina, who endured a painful 19 and a half hour labour before welcoming her baby daughter Mila, also spoke about how she wasn't in a rush to get her dancer's body back.

Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff (Image: PA)

“I am not one of the women that has to get back to the pre-baby body," she explained to Holly and Phil, "I don’t want to be obsessed with it I am breast feeding so I can’t diet. Hopefully dancing will whip me back into shape."